I was talking with a friend of mine who works at the Disneyland Gallery & Disneyana on Main St. and she said the Disney Gallery will have a cool exhibit to honor the 50th anniversary of the Enchanted Tiki Room!! It most likely will be right near the 50th ann. month. Right now, they have a train exhibit, next is a castle display, then probably the Tiki exhibit! Disneyland will most certainly be releasing some VERY cool merchandise as they did in 2008 for the 45th! I'll keep everyone posted on what I hear, event & merchandise wise! And if anyone else learns anything, please add to the thread.

More info on 50th Tiki room anniversary! Last week my castmember friend met Shag in the Disney Gallery who was chatting with the head of merchandising about potential Enchanted Tiki Room merchandise for the upcoming 50th! Also, the next Gallery display will definitly be castles, then a Fantasyland display, and then finally the 50th Tiki Room exhibit for Spring/Summer of 2013! I'm glad I got some more info to post about what should be a great celebration of our beloved Enchanted Tiki Room's 50th!

Update on Tiki Room display: The castle display is now up at the Gallery and a cast member said that after castles is the Tiki Room exhibit, then a princess display after that. He said Disney didn't want to do a similar display too close together. If there is any other news I hear, I'll post.

As of right now, I've been told the Enchanted Tiki Room exhibit will take place after the current castle display. There won't be a princess display. And after the Tiki Room, there will be a Haunted Mansion exhibit! Yipee!

At Art of Disney Parks/collections, there is now a Save the Date posting about the Enchanted Tiki Room 50th Anniversary merchandise event! It's June 28th thru June 30th, 2013 at DLR! Check it out! See you all there!

We invite you to Save the Date, June 28 – 30, as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. This special merchandise event is set to include themed Tiki and Polynesian style merchandise as well as trading elements. Please continue to watch the Disney Parks Blog and ArtofDisneyParks.com for more information in the near future.
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I saw one of the pictures Shag created for the anniversary. It shows a person holding a Dole Whip. There is no reference to Dole but the attorneys said he had to take it out of the picture. Shag said if he has to take it out, Disney can't have the picture. The attorneys gave in. Shag said it wouldn't be the Enchanted Tiki Room without a Dole Whip.
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